Vail awards $2.8 million in grant support to 76 Lake Tahoe area nonprofits

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Vail awards $2.8 million in grant support to 76 Lake Tahoe area nonprofits

Paula Peterson, South Tahoe News

February 18, 2020

SOUTH LAKE TAHOE, Calif. – Vail Resorts EpicPromise has selected 76 local nonprofits in the Lake Tahoe area to receive one of their 2019-20 community grants, totaling $2.8 million in grant support.

Heavenly Mountain Resort and Kirkwood recently held a breakfast to honor the recipients. The followed with a similar celebration at Northstar, the third area Vail resort.

The financial grants are aimed at supporting the issues that matter most to the Lake Tahoe community.

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